Improvement in paper-collar button-hole punches



Nrrnn STATES SAMUEL S. STONE, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-COLLAR BUTTON-HOLE PYUNCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 46,279, dated February 7, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL S. STONE, of the city of Troy, in the county of Rensselaer and State of New York, have invented a new and usef'ul Machine for Punching Button- Holes in Paper Collars and other Articles of Wearing-Apparel; and I do hereby declare` that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyin g drawings, in which- Figure l is a frontelevation; Fig. 2, a transverse section at or about the line z z in Figs. 1 and 3, and Fig. 3 a plan of the parts below the line y y in Figs. l and 2.

The same parts are marked by like letters in all the figures, and the directions in which some of the parts move are indicated by arrows thereon.

The principal object of this invention is the production ofa cheap and durable machine by which the two ends or the end and central button-holes in gent-lernens paper collars can be conveniently punched at one operation, and which can be readily adjusted to punch the button-holes at various distances apart, or in different relative positions, or in various directions in respect to each other, as required in collars of various shapes or different lengths.

In the accompanying drawings, A is a stationary bed, having two end standards, B B, which support a rotary shaft, O, on which are three separate eccentrics, E E D, all set out on the same side of the shaft, and separately connected by pitrnan-rods F F G with three separate slides,v H H I, that are arranged to reciprocate perpendicularly, or nearly so, to the bed A in suitablel stocks J J K, that are fastened apart from each other on the stationary bed.

On each of the separate -slides H H I, and next to the bed A, is an oblong male buttonhole punch, L L or M, and directly opposite to those three punches, and fast in the stocks J J and K on the bed A, are three correspondin g open, hollow, oblong, female punchreceiving dies, N N and O, Figs. 2 and 3; and the aforesaid parts are so constructed and arranged together that when the shaft G is revolved all the punches L L and M are first simultaneously withdrawn from their corresponding dies, N N and O, so as to allow one or more paper collars to be freely inserted edgewise between the said punches and dies and next simultaneously forced toward and into the said dies, so .as to thereby punch three button-holes in the collar or collars at one operation, and also press the chips of paper thus punched out of the button-holes into `or through the open button-hole dies, and

then all simultaneously withdrawn again from the dies, so as to permit the ready removal of the punched collar or collars and the inser- `tion of unpunched ones, a spring, I), Fig. 1, being applied to each punch when necessary or desirable to'free or help release the punched collar from the punches as the latter are withdrawn from the dies.

The two oblon g male end buttonhole punches, L L, on the reciprocating slides H H, are, with those slides, adjustable longitudinally, or toward and from each other to various distances apart, and the corresponding oblong female punch-receiving dies N N have like longitudinal adjustment on thestationary bed A. This longitudinal adjustment of the two 4end button-hole punches and their corresponding receiving-dies is accomplished by simply loosening the eccentrics D D on the shaft C and the stocks J J on the bed A, and then sliding those eccentrics and stocks longitudinally along the shaft and bed to the required positions and fastening them there.

In the annexed drawings, Q Q are keys for fastening the eccentrics on the key-seatedv shaft C in various positions; and Ii It are screw-bolts extending through longitudinal slots S S inthe bed A, for fastening the stocks J J on the bed in various longitudinal positions.

rThe central oblong male button-hole punch, M, on the reciprocating slide I, is, with that slide, adjustable transversely to a line joining the two end button-hole punches, L L, and the corresponding central punch-receiving die, O, has a like transverse adjustment on the stay tionary bed A. This' transverse adjustment of the central button-hole punch and its receivin g die is at once accomplished by merely loosening the stock 'K on the bed A, and then sliding thatvstock transversly on the bed to the proper position and there refastenin g the stock to the bed. In Fig. 2, UU are screwbolts extending through transverse slots V V in the bed A, for fastening the stock K in various transverse positions on the bed. f

The oblong male end button-hole punches, L L, and thc central one, M, are each adjustable axially, or so as to extend lengthwise in various directions, on their respective separate simnltaneously-reciprocating slides H H I, and the corresponding punch-receiving dies, N N and 0, have like axial adjustment on the stationary bed A; and this axial adjustment ot' the end and central button-hole punches and their correspondingreceiving-dies can be cheaply attained by having each punch L L and M formed with acylindrical or conical shank, a., Fig. 2, fittedl in a corresponding socket in its reciprocating slide, and held therein by a set-screw, b, and by having the periphery of each punch-receiving die N N O of a cylindrical form,Fi gs. 2 and 3, and held in a corresponding socket in its supporting-stock J J or K on the bed A by a set-screw, c.

In the annexed drawings, d d d d are guides against which the edges of the collar or wristband are to be placed, as indicated in Fig. 3, when inserted between the punches and dies, and which are adjustable so as to receive and regulate the position of various shapes and sizes of collars in respect to the punches and dies, and thereby readily insure the punching ot' the button-holes in the exact various nositions required by such variously-shaped articles ot wearing-apparel The clamp-screws e c e e are for holding the guides d in their various lateral positions of adjustment.

Some kinds ot'collars, cuffs, and wristbands, Figs. 4, 5, 6, have only the end button-holes, w a', and for such articles the central punch is not used. For some of them, Figs. 5 and 6, I simply have the end punches, L L, and dies N N arranged lengthwise, or nearly so, to each other, Figs. l and 3, and adjustable longitudinally, as above described. For other varieties, Figs. 4 and 5, I have the end punches and dies adjustable axially as well as longitudinally.

Gentlemens shirt collars generally have the end button-holes, x m, lengthwise, or nearly so, to each other, and the central one, w, crosswise thereto. (See Figs. 7, 8, 9, l0.) For some varieties ot1 such collars I simply have the end vwwlllnches, L L, and dies N N arranged length' wise, or nearly so, to each other, as in Figs. l and 3, and the central ones, M O, arranged crosswise thereto and ad,ustable transversely,

as above described. For other variable kinds I merely have the central punches and dies arranged crosswise and the end'ones length- Wise, or nearly so, and adjustable longitudinally, as above described 5 and for oth er kinds ot' such collars I arrange the end punches and dies lengthwise and adjustable longitudinally, and the central ones crosswise thereto and adjustable transversely, as shown by Figs. 1,

and dies adjustable axially andlongitudinally, n

Vadjustable axially on and longitudinally with two separate simultaneously-reciprocating slides, in combination with two correspondime,` punch-receiving dies having like axial and longitudinal adjustment on a stationary bed, substantially as herein described.

3. Two oblong end button-hole punches, L L,

arranged lengthwise, or nearly so, to eachV other, and a central one, M, arranged crosswise thereto, on separate simultaneously-reciprocating slides H H and I, and with the central punch and slide adjustable transversely to the end ones, in combination with two corresponding punch-receiving end dies, N N, and a transversely adjustable central one, O, on a stationary bed, substantially as herein described.

4. Two oblong end button-hole punches arranged lengthwise, or nearly so, to each other, and a central one placed crosswise thereto on separate reciprocating slides, and with the end punches and their slides adjustable longitudinally, in combination with corresponding central and longitudinally adjustable end punch-receiving dies on a stationary bed, substantially as herein described.

5. Two oblong end. button-hole punches arranged lengthwise, or nearly so, to each other, and a central one placed crosswise thereto on separate simultaneously-reciprocating slides, with the end punches and their slides adj ustable longitudinally and the central ones transversely, in combination with corresponding longitudinally-adjustable punch-receiving end dies, and a transversely adjustable central one on a stationary bed, substantially as herein described.

6. A central oblong buttonhole punch .and two axially-adjustable end ones on separate simultaneously-reciprocating slides, with the end punches and slides adjustable longitudinally and the central ones transversely, in combination with corresponding axially and longitudinally adjustable end punch-receivin g dies, and a transversely-adjustable central one on a stationary bed, substantially as herein described.

7. Two oblong end button-hole punches and a central one, all adjustable axially onl separate simultaneous]y-reciprocating slides,

with the end punches and slides adjustable longitudinally and the central ones transversely, in combination with corresponding axially and longitudinally adjustable end reciprocating slides, and working into correpunoh-receiving dies, and a transversely and sponding adjustable punch-receiving dies on axially adjustable central one on a stationary a xed bed-plate, substantially as and for the bed7 substantially as herein described. purposeherein set forth.

8. The arrangement of adjustable guides d, SAMUEL S. STONE. in combination with end or end and central lWitnesses: bntton-hole punches arranged on and adjust- JOHN MORAN,

able laterally with separate simultaneously AUSTIN F. PARK. 

